Academic

ECO 303 - Intermediate Macroeconomics - 3 cr.
Analyze aggregate economic performance. Topics include multiple
frameworks for macroeconomic analysis, open economy policy
impacts, and economic research. Prerequisite: ECO 203.
ECO 305 - Money and Banking - 3 cr.
Analyze concepts of financial economics. Topics include structure
of Federal Reserve System, macroeconomic impact of monetary
policy, financial instruments and risk, commercial banking and
current financial news. Prerequisite: ECO 203.
ECO 306 - Economic and Business Statistics - 3 cr.
Analyze concepts of inferential statistics. Estimation, hypothesis
testing, analysis of variance, regression, correlation, time series
analysis, and non-parametric statistics are explored. This course
prepares students for BM 490 - Research in Business I. Prerequisite:
STA 205.
ECO 328 - Managerial Economics - 3 cr.
Analyze managerial problems using the tools of microeconomics.
Its topics include supply and demand, estimation, resource
allocation, the production function, and cost benefit analysis.
Prerequisite: ECO 203.
ECO 341 - Basic Econometrics - 3 cr.
Analyze multivariate regressions. Economic modeling, proxy
variables, autocorrelation, heteroskedasticity, hypothesis testing,
simultaneity, probit modes, and logit models are among the topics
explored. Prerequisite: ECO 306.
ED – GENERAL EDUCATION
ED 115 - Critical Analysis and Reasoning - 3 cr.
This course enhances critical thinking skills, with emphasis on
inductive and deductive reasoning. This University elective is open
to all students.
ENG - ENGLISH
ENG 110 - Fundamentals of Writing - 3 cr.
A developmental course intended to prepare students for ENG
111. The course is an intensive study of fundamental skills in reading
and writing, including review of thesis and paragraph development
grammar and mechanics. Students must attain a grade of “C” or
better. The grade and credits earned in this course are applied to GPA,
but the credits do not count toward credits needed for graduation.
ENG 111 - Expository Writing - 3 cr.
Focuses on both the writing process and the writing product.
Students learn and apply a wide range of techniques for shaping
topics, generating ideas, understanding audience and purpose,
developing adequate detail, revising, editing and proofreading.
Students work in class to develop techniques for shaping topics,
drafting, and revising. Students are also introduced to the
fundamentals of writing arguments and writing with research.
Students must complete the course and earn a minimum C grade
in coursework and on a writing portfolio to exit the course.
ENG 112 - Argument and Research - 3 cr.
Course in reading, argumentation and research. Builds on the
writing and argumentative skills students learned in ENG 111
and introduces research methodology. In the second half of the
course, students use the principles of argument and research
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they have learned to produce a researched argumentative essay
and portfolio of drafts and related writing and research activities.
Students must complete the course and earn a minimum C grade
in coursework and on the research portfolio to exit the course.
Successful completion of this course is a prerequisite for higherlevel
English courses. Prerequisite: ENG 111.
ENG 199 - Writing Proficiency Examination - 0 cr.
One-time examination that tests students’ proficiency in writing.
Passing the examination exempts students from English 200.
Prerequisites: English 111, ENG 112.
ENG 200 - Review of Writing Strategies - 3 cr.
An intensive review of basic writing skills for students who do
not pass the Writing Proficiency Examination. Course instruction
includes essay development, grammar, editing and proofreading
skills. Required for students who do not pass or take the Writing
Proficiency Examination.
ENG 201 - Readings in World Literature I - 3 cr.
A study of literature produced from the ancient period to the
English Renaissance. In addition to the British and American
canons, students are exposed to works from the African, Asian,
Native American, Jewish, Latin American, Irish and German
cultures. Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 202 - Readings in World Literature II - 3 cr.
A continuation of English 201 focusing on literature post-English
Renaissance to the present. In addition to the British and American
canons, students are exposed to works from the African, Asian,
Native American, Jewish, Latin American, Irish and German
cultures. Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 203 - Introduction to Scholarship in English - 3 cr.
English majors and minors only. An intense introduction to the
modes of thought and writing, scholarly methods of inquiry,
research procedures and tools, literary history and theory, and
professional writing. Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 220 - Advanced Grammar - 3 cr.
Review of traditional grammatical structure and intensive practice
with composition. Instruction includes sentence parsing and
introduction to advanced forms of argument. Not acceptable for
fulfillment requirements for English literature.
ENG 223 - Studies in Poetry - 3 cr.
Introduction to and focused study of the prosody, poetic genres
and theories of poetry. Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 224 - Studies in Fiction - 3 cr.
Introduction to and focused study of narratives (including the
short story, novella, and novel) and the idea of narrative in oral
and written forms. Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 225 - Studies in Drama - 3 cr.
Introduction to and focused study of the major dramatic forms
(tragedy, comedy, and tragicomedy) and theories of performance.
Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 260 - Literary Criticism - 3 cr.
Examination of the critical tradition from its classical origins to
contemporary approaches. Prerequisite: ENG 112.
ENG 261 - Feminist Theories - 3 cr.
Introduction to the predominant philosophies of feminist and
womanist thought. Prerequisite: ENG 112.